We slept okay last night but we were still up by 6:00. I'm sure after today the time change will be even more in our systems.
We started the day out trying to find stamps for postcards. We had to go to the "ABC Store" to get them. So we walked down the street. "ABC Stores" are EVERYWHERE!!!
We had a welcome breakfast to go to at 8:00 at the Maui Divers Jewelry. This was a sells pitch for Expedia. They wanted us to book things to do on the island. We couldn't believe how many people go on vacation and don't know what they are going to do until after they are there. We found that we booked all of our things for cheaper prices and we booked all the popular and fun things. We are so excited. At the end they had 3 door prize drawing. We won one of them. We now are going to go to the Sea Life Park on Saturday. We loved winning, it just made us move some things around. They took pictures of us and wanted to charge $16-20 for postcard size pictures. NOT! They did have a free photo shoot with a free 8X10 also. So once again we rearranged things and will be doing that on Thursday.
We then went on a "free" tour of the Maui Divers Jewelry. Whatever. They sold us a pearl right out of the shell and then tried to make us buy the jewelry to put it on. The cheapest jewelry we saw was $170. Once again, NOT! We got out of there as fast as we could.
We then went to "The Cheesecake Factory" for lunch. We have never been there and I really wanted to go. We had to have cheesecake for dessert of course. We decided on the Hawaiian cheesecake, the "White Chocolate Carmel Macadamia Nut Cheesecake". What a mouthful. Litterally. That was a sugar high for me. We worked it off later though.
We then went to the International Market Place. It had tons of shops and most of the shops had the same things. We found a Sarong for me and a nice shirt for Aaron. I also got some things for my hair. It was fun. I have such a hard time buying things for myself. Aaron does it well though.
On our walk back to the hotel, we walked down on the beach, sometimes being in the water. We were supposed to go look at the statues in downtown Honolulu but Aaron now had a giant craving to get in the water. We changed into our suits, borrowed some boogie boards from our hotel, and went to the ocean. I immediately swam out as far as I wanted. After a time Aaron asked me go back closer to the shore with him. He was riding the waves in and having a lot of fun. I was trying to ride the waves but just was not getting it. Finally Aaron helped me a bit and I started to get it a little. We played for about 2.5 hours. The water was a nice temperature and there were people around but not too many. It was just plain old fun.
Aaron decided that the camera had too much sand in it so we went back to the hotel and "fixed" it. We couldn't believe how much time had gone by. We decided we had better have dinner. We looked in some dining books we have and I found "Ono Hawaiian Foods". It looked kind of close so we walked again. We saw a side of town we hadn't seen yet.
This restaurant makes you wait outside before being seated. It's a quaint and small place. We wanted to try "real" hawaiian food and that's what we got. For $20 we shared Laulau (pork wrapped and cooked in taro leaves), Kalua Pig, rice, poi, (which Aaron really liked, and I liked it with the onions. Aaron decided that the taste is SNABBY!) Picalaula (meat that tasted like beef jerky but tender, really good) Loni Salmon (which had tons of tomatoes so I ate it. Yum!)and they gave us some dessert thing. We don't know the name of it. We loved all this food, the atmosphere, and the hawaiian feel. We are so glad we went there.
When we walked out we found that it was raining. Almost like a heavy sprinkle. It was nice. We walked back to the hotel in it. After a short rest, (my back isn't liking being up and going without rest) we went out to a gazebo on the end of a pier. The waves were Huge! I should tell you that it was way dark by now. We enjoyed the sound of the waves crashing and could see the moon shining across the water.
We then walked up the beach by the shops. It was crazy to see all the people and the way people are in touristy places. We walked all the way back to the International Market Place and a little more. We liked looking in some shops and just seeing what they have. We found a really nice dress but not willing to pay so much money. We took some pictures in front of the Duke of Kahanamoku. He's the father of modern surfing. If you get on some website, you can see Waikiki live from this Dukes statue. We found that we had been close to this statue a couple of time and even past it before we realized it was there.
After walking for 2 hours we have finally made it back to our hotel. We are exhausted and worn out. I can't see us not sleeping well tonight.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Aloha!
We have had quite the day. I was in a panic to get to the Las Vegas airport. The security check was nothing. Once we got to the gate we walked around for just over an hour waiting for our flight. While walking around we found somebodies boarding pass. When we turned it in to our attendant, she bumped us up to economy plus, which means we had more leg room. That was nice. My ears were fine until the descent. All was fine again in LA.
We scarfed down a fast burrito in LA and then we were off (with no time but to eat and go)and on our way to Honolulu. I have never been more than one time zone away. I have been so excited to get here. We didn't have the leg room on that flight but it wasn't too bad. They played a game on the plane of trying to guess the half way time of how long it took for us to get here. The flight was 5.5 hours long. This too was a new experience. Aaron and I read our books for a good part of it. Then they showed the show "Hawaii Five O" which we decided to watch. I continued to watch an episode of "Friends" and then played some games on my computer. The time passed relatively fast. I managed to keep my ear good until the descent again. I was so glad it didn't bother me the whole time.
When we arrived in Honolulu we had a lei greeting. Our flowers are pretty and it was fun to be able to do that.
By the time we got our car it was already 4:45. On the way to the hotel it was a traffic jam. We saw an apartment on fire and the ambulance was trying to get thru on the freeway. Meanwhile I was trying to figure out this car. We saw a beautiful rainbow over the island as we drove thru Honolulu. The lanes here are small and people drive crazy. People cross where ever and there are TONS of one way streets. I'm hoping it won't be so bad once we get further away from the city.
After we checked in to our hotel, (which I managed to make the car honk as a warning of theft and it took me a bit to figure out how to quiet it up while Aaron checked in :))we left on foot to find somewhere to eat. (It was now 6:00 and we were starving.) We came upon this Korean Food place called "ME B B Q" We had to choose 4 sides. It was a lot of food. We really enjoyed it. They only took cash. We were aware this happens here so we were prepared when we normally wouldn't be.
As we ate I kept asking Aaron if the people we saw walking by were tourist or locals. It was kind of fun to watch the people. Aaron decided that where we were in town most of the people were probably tourist.
After dinner we walked to Waikiki Beach. It was only a few blocks away. We walked down the beach with our shoes off and watched the sunset. With the clouds in the sky it sure was pretty. There were trees that grew but out of the branches they'd grow down and attach to the ground. It is incredible to see. We continued to walk further down the beach. They have some piers so we walked out on one. As we got about half way across Aaron stopped and pointed out there were crabs all across the top and not to step on them. They looked like giant spiders. We tried to get a picture but it was too dark by then. It's really nice that our hotel is so close to the beach. Just a nice evening of strolling and enjoying the time.
We are really enjoying our trip so far. It has now been 20 hours since we got up. We are definately going to bed when I'm done posting this.
We scarfed down a fast burrito in LA and then we were off (with no time but to eat and go)and on our way to Honolulu. I have never been more than one time zone away. I have been so excited to get here. We didn't have the leg room on that flight but it wasn't too bad. They played a game on the plane of trying to guess the half way time of how long it took for us to get here. The flight was 5.5 hours long. This too was a new experience. Aaron and I read our books for a good part of it. Then they showed the show "Hawaii Five O" which we decided to watch. I continued to watch an episode of "Friends" and then played some games on my computer. The time passed relatively fast. I managed to keep my ear good until the descent again. I was so glad it didn't bother me the whole time.
When we arrived in Honolulu we had a lei greeting. Our flowers are pretty and it was fun to be able to do that.
By the time we got our car it was already 4:45. On the way to the hotel it was a traffic jam. We saw an apartment on fire and the ambulance was trying to get thru on the freeway. Meanwhile I was trying to figure out this car. We saw a beautiful rainbow over the island as we drove thru Honolulu. The lanes here are small and people drive crazy. People cross where ever and there are TONS of one way streets. I'm hoping it won't be so bad once we get further away from the city.
After we checked in to our hotel, (which I managed to make the car honk as a warning of theft and it took me a bit to figure out how to quiet it up while Aaron checked in :))we left on foot to find somewhere to eat. (It was now 6:00 and we were starving.) We came upon this Korean Food place called "ME B B Q" We had to choose 4 sides. It was a lot of food. We really enjoyed it. They only took cash. We were aware this happens here so we were prepared when we normally wouldn't be.
As we ate I kept asking Aaron if the people we saw walking by were tourist or locals. It was kind of fun to watch the people. Aaron decided that where we were in town most of the people were probably tourist.
After dinner we walked to Waikiki Beach. It was only a few blocks away. We walked down the beach with our shoes off and watched the sunset. With the clouds in the sky it sure was pretty. There were trees that grew but out of the branches they'd grow down and attach to the ground. It is incredible to see. We continued to walk further down the beach. They have some piers so we walked out on one. As we got about half way across Aaron stopped and pointed out there were crabs all across the top and not to step on them. They looked like giant spiders. We tried to get a picture but it was too dark by then. It's really nice that our hotel is so close to the beach. Just a nice evening of strolling and enjoying the time.
We are really enjoying our trip so far. It has now been 20 hours since we got up. We are definately going to bed when I'm done posting this.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Our Update
I feel like June is crawling by. Is that because I can't wait for July? Or is it because Aaron has been in school pratically all month? Aaron took the last of his classes that he needed to get his technology endorsement. He was in class Monday through Friday, all day long, for the past 3 1/2 weeks. He has loved his classes but we are both excited to have him really start summer.
Mattina Ann and AJ have been tutoring at the elementary school. This will be the last week and then they kind of get to have more of a summer too. We tried to get Tanner and Geremy into summer school but nobody would take them since they didn't really need it. We finally got one teacher to take Tanner for this last week of summer school. One week is better than nothing. Plus he'll be with the kids going into 2nd grade.
We spend almost every afternoon in the swimming pool. It's fun to hang out together as a family and cool off. The younger boys are doing so well. They have really shown improvement. Both can now swim across the pool in any direction without a life jacket. I keep thinking that if we ever move from here we'll have to find a place with a pool.
Mattina Ann had her second year of girls camp this past week. They went to Jacob's Lake and hiked the Grand Canyon. The hike was 7 1/2 miles instead of the 5 they were told it was going to be. She came home a little sore, but not bad. She had a great time.
Aaron got a new calling last week. He's now the music chair for our ward. He'll do a great job. It was interesting today because I always thought I'd stay on the stand and play the organ and leave Aaron with the kids. Today I realized that I get the kids now without his help. It worked well today and hopefully will continue that way. Mattina isn't looking forward to the weeks that I'm playing and Aaron is leading.
I'm keeping Aaron busy this week. We finally have started to tile our kitchen. Aaron started taking the current floor out so I started to help him. It's a lot harder than I originally thought. I now understand why Aaron was putting it off. We hopefully will be completly done on Saturday. We have a lot of work ahead of us this week.
Mattina Ann and AJ have been tutoring at the elementary school. This will be the last week and then they kind of get to have more of a summer too. We tried to get Tanner and Geremy into summer school but nobody would take them since they didn't really need it. We finally got one teacher to take Tanner for this last week of summer school. One week is better than nothing. Plus he'll be with the kids going into 2nd grade.
We spend almost every afternoon in the swimming pool. It's fun to hang out together as a family and cool off. The younger boys are doing so well. They have really shown improvement. Both can now swim across the pool in any direction without a life jacket. I keep thinking that if we ever move from here we'll have to find a place with a pool.
Mattina Ann had her second year of girls camp this past week. They went to Jacob's Lake and hiked the Grand Canyon. The hike was 7 1/2 miles instead of the 5 they were told it was going to be. She came home a little sore, but not bad. She had a great time.
Aaron got a new calling last week. He's now the music chair for our ward. He'll do a great job. It was interesting today because I always thought I'd stay on the stand and play the organ and leave Aaron with the kids. Today I realized that I get the kids now without his help. It worked well today and hopefully will continue that way. Mattina isn't looking forward to the weeks that I'm playing and Aaron is leading.
I'm keeping Aaron busy this week. We finally have started to tile our kitchen. Aaron started taking the current floor out so I started to help him. It's a lot harder than I originally thought. I now understand why Aaron was putting it off. We hopefully will be completly done on Saturday. We have a lot of work ahead of us this week.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Time is Flying
I can't believe how fast the last 2 months have gone by. Of course the end of the school year usually goes by fast. All the awards and concerts, programs and end of year parties. It is so much fun. Geremy is now going into Kindergarten (YEAH!!!) Tanner into first grade, (he got the teacher he wanted, Mrs. Spainhower) AJ is going to Tonaquint for 6th grade, and Mattina will go to middle school for 8th grade. How they are growing up.
I did a relief society night and demonstrated fun foods to make with children. I loved doing some research for this. I love to make things with my children. Everybody who watched it loved it and learned a lot. It was mentioned that I should have my own cooking show. I would probably do well at it. It was a lot of fun but I don't have time to do more than a demonstration every now and then. I did do the same foods at Aaron's class party and our children wanted to do it for home evening. We've all been enjoying this 1 night of relief society for weeks after.
This summer will continue to be busy. Aaron is finishing his technology endorsement, Mattina and AJ are doing some tutoring at summer school, Mattina will also have girls camp and youth conference. We've already been spending time in the pool. It's not real warm yet but the children love it. I'll wait until it warms up to get in.
The boys and Aaron got their summer hair cuts last week. The boys showed up the last day balled and Aaron got his after school was out. The last day of school Aaron had paint thrown at him by 5 students. Boy was he a mess. The studens really have a lot of fun at the end of the year. Aaron does too.
We plan to enjoy this summer and hopefully not get too busy. Most importantly, be safe and do things as a family.
I did a relief society night and demonstrated fun foods to make with children. I loved doing some research for this. I love to make things with my children. Everybody who watched it loved it and learned a lot. It was mentioned that I should have my own cooking show. I would probably do well at it. It was a lot of fun but I don't have time to do more than a demonstration every now and then. I did do the same foods at Aaron's class party and our children wanted to do it for home evening. We've all been enjoying this 1 night of relief society for weeks after.
This summer will continue to be busy. Aaron is finishing his technology endorsement, Mattina and AJ are doing some tutoring at summer school, Mattina will also have girls camp and youth conference. We've already been spending time in the pool. It's not real warm yet but the children love it. I'll wait until it warms up to get in.
The boys and Aaron got their summer hair cuts last week. The boys showed up the last day balled and Aaron got his after school was out. The last day of school Aaron had paint thrown at him by 5 students. Boy was he a mess. The studens really have a lot of fun at the end of the year. Aaron does too.
We plan to enjoy this summer and hopefully not get too busy. Most importantly, be safe and do things as a family.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Hello Again
It has been a very long time since I've written here. So much has happened. AJ got sick in February. So sick that he missed 3 days of school. That just doesn't happen in our home.
AJ had the 5th grade GEO Challenge at the end of February. He had been competing in his class and was in first. The top 8 in each of the 4 classes competed to see who would go to District. AJ did fabulous. He got VERY nervous when it came down to the last 4 people and missed a simple question. He was frustrated to miss such a simple question as the capital of Alaska. I look at it as he took 4th out of at least 100 people. He can't feel bad about that. The top 3 went to district. We are very proud of him. Listening to those questions I could say, "I'm not smarter than a 5th grader."
Aaron heard about a play the middle of January and wanted to audition. I decided I could handle it because he'd be done the middle of March. That is short. They really didn't start practicing for 1776 until about a week into February. Aaron had some big parts. He memorized a lot and tried not to mix up which part he was at. Aaron played a "bad guy" for as much as 1776 has one and loved it. Sometimes rehearsals went until 2 am. This was hard. It was really nice when the play ended. The cast didn't have time to get tired of the show. Aaron is always fabulous and of course was this time too. I'm glad he got to do another show.
Our spring break was March 14-21. Our family had a great time. We bought some jumbo balls and the children enjoyed playing in them. We played croquett, baseball, saw "Tangled", and went to Dixie Rock and played hide and go seek. We really enjoy getting out and having fun with one another.
The weekend before spring break Brenda took the kids for 3 days and nights. This was so nice because I wasn't feeling that great. On Monday Aaron took me to the doctor and we found that I had Strep. I've never had strep before. I even grabbed the doctors hand when she tried to swab my throat. "That HURTS!" So during spring break I was on medication. All weekend long after that I felt great. Then the next Monday morning I started feeling yucky again. I felt so awful I took myself to the doctor Wednesday morning. (If you don't know, I avoid doctors. I don't get sick much and like to think I'm not really "that" sick. I'll get better.) The doctor was worried I'm sick again so soon after being on the last antibiotic. This time it's Bronchitis and maybe pnemonia. I decided since I ran around with Strep and didn't rest that I'd try resting this time and see if that helps me get better faster. Oh My Gosh! I don't rest well. I don't lay around doing nothing very easily. There is way too much to do. Anyway, now it's Sunday and I'm still having coughing attacks and breathing problems. Aaron wants me to get an inhaler. We'll see. I'm planning to be all better soon. Am I still in denile? Maybe. I just don't believe in being sick.
Aaron is soooo FABULOUS! This past week we had the Relief Society Birthday party. He helped me get the video together and made a game for me on the computer. Since I wasn't able to go, (stupid sickness) Aaron ran the computer for me. He helped with set up and clean up as well. He was made an honoraree member of the relief society about a year ago so it was okay for him to be there. I figured I sent my best part. I'm extremely greatful for all his help and support in my calling etc.
AJ had his first scout camp Friday night. Aaron went with him. It took them about 3 hours to find a camping spot, because it was raining and windy, but when they got there they had a lot of fun. Aaron said it stopped raining and didn't start up again until he finished rolling up the tent. They went on a hike and ended up with TONS of mud on their shoes. Everyone grew about 2 ft. AJ enjoyed chopping wood and helping with the cooking. They had a great time.
We finally reached the next phase of our lives. We didn't have internet from the end of February until this past week. We had been borrowing it from the neighbors. Anyway, we got our own connection this week and are back on. That was a good part of the reason it took me so long to write. I should be able to write more frequently again now. Of course I say that often and it doesn't always happen. I'll do my best. That's all anyone can ask.
AJ had the 5th grade GEO Challenge at the end of February. He had been competing in his class and was in first. The top 8 in each of the 4 classes competed to see who would go to District. AJ did fabulous. He got VERY nervous when it came down to the last 4 people and missed a simple question. He was frustrated to miss such a simple question as the capital of Alaska. I look at it as he took 4th out of at least 100 people. He can't feel bad about that. The top 3 went to district. We are very proud of him. Listening to those questions I could say, "I'm not smarter than a 5th grader."
Aaron heard about a play the middle of January and wanted to audition. I decided I could handle it because he'd be done the middle of March. That is short. They really didn't start practicing for 1776 until about a week into February. Aaron had some big parts. He memorized a lot and tried not to mix up which part he was at. Aaron played a "bad guy" for as much as 1776 has one and loved it. Sometimes rehearsals went until 2 am. This was hard. It was really nice when the play ended. The cast didn't have time to get tired of the show. Aaron is always fabulous and of course was this time too. I'm glad he got to do another show.
Our spring break was March 14-21. Our family had a great time. We bought some jumbo balls and the children enjoyed playing in them. We played croquett, baseball, saw "Tangled", and went to Dixie Rock and played hide and go seek. We really enjoy getting out and having fun with one another.
The weekend before spring break Brenda took the kids for 3 days and nights. This was so nice because I wasn't feeling that great. On Monday Aaron took me to the doctor and we found that I had Strep. I've never had strep before. I even grabbed the doctors hand when she tried to swab my throat. "That HURTS!" So during spring break I was on medication. All weekend long after that I felt great. Then the next Monday morning I started feeling yucky again. I felt so awful I took myself to the doctor Wednesday morning. (If you don't know, I avoid doctors. I don't get sick much and like to think I'm not really "that" sick. I'll get better.) The doctor was worried I'm sick again so soon after being on the last antibiotic. This time it's Bronchitis and maybe pnemonia. I decided since I ran around with Strep and didn't rest that I'd try resting this time and see if that helps me get better faster. Oh My Gosh! I don't rest well. I don't lay around doing nothing very easily. There is way too much to do. Anyway, now it's Sunday and I'm still having coughing attacks and breathing problems. Aaron wants me to get an inhaler. We'll see. I'm planning to be all better soon. Am I still in denile? Maybe. I just don't believe in being sick.
Aaron is soooo FABULOUS! This past week we had the Relief Society Birthday party. He helped me get the video together and made a game for me on the computer. Since I wasn't able to go, (stupid sickness) Aaron ran the computer for me. He helped with set up and clean up as well. He was made an honoraree member of the relief society about a year ago so it was okay for him to be there. I figured I sent my best part. I'm extremely greatful for all his help and support in my calling etc.
AJ had his first scout camp Friday night. Aaron went with him. It took them about 3 hours to find a camping spot, because it was raining and windy, but when they got there they had a lot of fun. Aaron said it stopped raining and didn't start up again until he finished rolling up the tent. They went on a hike and ended up with TONS of mud on their shoes. Everyone grew about 2 ft. AJ enjoyed chopping wood and helping with the cooking. They had a great time.
We finally reached the next phase of our lives. We didn't have internet from the end of February until this past week. We had been borrowing it from the neighbors. Anyway, we got our own connection this week and are back on. That was a good part of the reason it took me so long to write. I should be able to write more frequently again now. Of course I say that often and it doesn't always happen. I'll do my best. That's all anyone can ask.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Still Busy
Like everyone, we were busy and continue to busy for the past month. You would think that if Aaron were home on Saturday's, maybe we'd be a little less busy. But then again, Basketball started and Aaron goes out with a child every weekend. Aaron being home just means being busy with other stuff.
Christmas was nice. I finally finished a quilt for AJ and gave it to him. I started that quilt about 6-8 years ago. I found that I've learned a lot in Relief Society and now I could finish the quilt. Because of my poor positions in tying the quilt and finishing Christmas "stuff", by back started to go out on Christmas Eve. It was really bad on Christmas and the day after. Tanner had a talk in primary so I had to go to church. The counselor in primary is married to a Chiropractor so she had me come over. He looked at my back and wouldn't do much until I got x-rays. At least when I left I was standing a little straighter. Anyway, my x-rays show all kinds of things. I have an extra vertebrae, my vertebrae has attached to my pelvic bone on one side, and some signs of osteoarthritis. When I heard all this I thought, "Do I really like being 40?" Some of these problems I had when I was born so my age doesn't really have to do with it. Now that I know what my "problems" are, I've been learning to manage it. As of this past week I finally started to feel "normal" again. I can stand up straight, move, and do my usual. I made bread on Wednesday and couldn't move again on Thursday but other than that, I'm figuring out how to manage it.
Onto another subject now. I like not coaching Mattina Ann in basketball this year. I "coach" her and not the whole team. I can concentrate on watching her. Her team only has 4-5 players every game. That makes it hard against teams with 10-12 team players. They haven't won any games. I just keep telling her that at least she's learning more skills and to keep improving. She's having fun and that's what's important. AJ has also been playing basketball. His team is doing well. Sometimes his coach has even named AJ the team "MVP". He's doing really well. He catches onto what he's suppose to be doing and does it. He still has a lot to learn but is enjoying the sport.
Tanner lost his first tooth on December 26th. I'm planning to put the pictures on when I get a chance. He decided he was sick of it bugging him so he asked Aaron to take it out. Aaron did it without struggle. It made me think that even my "little boys" are growing up. Where does time go?
It has been 1.5 years approximately since Aaron's last play. Therefore, Aaron is currently auditioning for a play. It's called "1776". It mostly has a cast of men. We are looking forward to seeing what part he gets. We know one with NO kissing for sure. :)
My calling continues to keep me busier that busy. I guess that's good. I'm not getting into trouble.....yet anyway. Aaron finally got released from Family History Specialist. YEAH!!
A miracle happened about 2 weeks ago. We got paid back for the flooding of our basement. When I told Aaron he had to remind me that it wasn't April first. It only took 1.5 years to get that money. We are so happy to finally have that.
I often think, "I'm going to put this in the blog.", then I take forever to write and can't think of anything. I'm hoping to become better at writing and it won't be so long to hear from me.
Christmas was nice. I finally finished a quilt for AJ and gave it to him. I started that quilt about 6-8 years ago. I found that I've learned a lot in Relief Society and now I could finish the quilt. Because of my poor positions in tying the quilt and finishing Christmas "stuff", by back started to go out on Christmas Eve. It was really bad on Christmas and the day after. Tanner had a talk in primary so I had to go to church. The counselor in primary is married to a Chiropractor so she had me come over. He looked at my back and wouldn't do much until I got x-rays. At least when I left I was standing a little straighter. Anyway, my x-rays show all kinds of things. I have an extra vertebrae, my vertebrae has attached to my pelvic bone on one side, and some signs of osteoarthritis. When I heard all this I thought, "Do I really like being 40?" Some of these problems I had when I was born so my age doesn't really have to do with it. Now that I know what my "problems" are, I've been learning to manage it. As of this past week I finally started to feel "normal" again. I can stand up straight, move, and do my usual. I made bread on Wednesday and couldn't move again on Thursday but other than that, I'm figuring out how to manage it.
Onto another subject now. I like not coaching Mattina Ann in basketball this year. I "coach" her and not the whole team. I can concentrate on watching her. Her team only has 4-5 players every game. That makes it hard against teams with 10-12 team players. They haven't won any games. I just keep telling her that at least she's learning more skills and to keep improving. She's having fun and that's what's important. AJ has also been playing basketball. His team is doing well. Sometimes his coach has even named AJ the team "MVP". He's doing really well. He catches onto what he's suppose to be doing and does it. He still has a lot to learn but is enjoying the sport.
Tanner lost his first tooth on December 26th. I'm planning to put the pictures on when I get a chance. He decided he was sick of it bugging him so he asked Aaron to take it out. Aaron did it without struggle. It made me think that even my "little boys" are growing up. Where does time go?
It has been 1.5 years approximately since Aaron's last play. Therefore, Aaron is currently auditioning for a play. It's called "1776". It mostly has a cast of men. We are looking forward to seeing what part he gets. We know one with NO kissing for sure. :)
My calling continues to keep me busier that busy. I guess that's good. I'm not getting into trouble.....yet anyway. Aaron finally got released from Family History Specialist. YEAH!!
A miracle happened about 2 weeks ago. We got paid back for the flooding of our basement. When I told Aaron he had to remind me that it wasn't April first. It only took 1.5 years to get that money. We are so happy to finally have that.
I often think, "I'm going to put this in the blog.", then I take forever to write and can't think of anything. I'm hoping to become better at writing and it won't be so long to hear from me.
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